Paulé Wood is a beloved community leader, lifelong activist, and tireless mentor–who has been living without housing since June 2025. Paulé is 58 and facing rapidly worsening health challenges that have robbed them of the ability to work or to safely maintain the life they built for decades of service to others. We are raising funds to secure immediate housing stability, cover medical and living expenses, and bridge the gap while their disability claim is processed.

Paulé has been actively organizing, teaching, and building mutual aid networks since the 1980s. They’ve spent over 40 years volunteering, advising, and leading projects that have helped make our cities safer and more sustainable. Even now, without a home, Paulé continues to give lectures, mentor younger organizers, and share vital (urban & nature) survival skills with the upcoming generation. Their work has shaped movements, challenged systemic injustice, and quite literally saved lives.

Paulé’s health has declined dramatically. They are losing vision from multiple serious eye conditions and are coping with chronic, debilitating neck and spinal injuries that cause constant pain and weakness. These disabilities ended their ability to do screen-based work which eliminated their former source of primary income. Their federal disability claim is underway but could take months or longer to provide relief. Right now, our community needs to step up and ensure Paulé’s survival.

Our goal is to raise $6600 that will cover six months of housing stability for Paulé for the upcoming winter months.

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